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NYSE:BFAM

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Competitors

$85.08
+0.40 (+0.47%)
(As of 09/22/2023 08:51 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$84.14
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$86.60
50-Day Range
$84.73
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$97.04
52-Week Range
$54.19
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$98.87
Volume
341,700 shs
Average Volume
429,583 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.92 billion
P/E Ratio
76.65
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$84.13
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BFAM vs. GIL, TAL, PVH, MLCO, NXST, HGV, RRR, REYN, BC, and COLM

Should you be buying Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bright Horizons Family Solutions include Gildan Activewear (GIL), TAL Education Group (TAL), PVH (PVH), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Brunswick (BC), and Columbia Sportswear (COLM). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs.

Gildan Activewear (NYSE:GIL) and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE:BFAM) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

In the previous week, Gildan Activewear had 2 more articles in the media than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gildan Activewear and 3 mentions for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Gildan Activewear's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Bright Horizons Family Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Bright Horizons Family Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gildan Activewear
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gildan Activewear received 285 more outperform votes than Bright Horizons Family Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.72% of users gave Gildan Activewear an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave Bright Horizons Family Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gildan ActivewearOutperform Votes
686
69.72%
Underperform Votes
298
30.28%
Bright Horizons Family SolutionsOutperform Votes
401
58.71%
Underperform Votes
282
41.29%

79.1% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Gildan Activewear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Gildan Activewear has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Gildan Activewear currently has a consensus target price of $36.71, indicating a potential upside of 34.73%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has a consensus target price of $84.13, indicating a potential downside of 1.12%. Given Bright Horizons Family Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gildan Activewear is more favorable than Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gildan Activewear
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Gildan Activewear has higher revenue and earnings than Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Gildan Activewear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bright Horizons Family Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gildan Activewear$3.24B1.47$541.54M$2.7210.02
Bright Horizons Family Solutions$2.02B2.44$80.64M$1.1176.65

Gildan Activewear has a net margin of 15.73% compared to Gildan Activewear's net margin of 2.92%. Bright Horizons Family Solutions' return on equity of 24.47% beat Gildan Activewear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gildan Activewear15.73% 24.47% 13.10%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions 2.92%11.52%3.29%

Summary

Gildan Activewear beats Bright Horizons Family Solutions on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BFAM vs. The Competition

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MetricBright Horizons Family SolutionsChild day care services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.92B$4.92B$6.30B$15.21B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.72%3.70%
P/E Ratio76.6576.6517.2222.44
Price / Sales2.442.446.679.30
Price / Cash20.6220.6219.1717.11
Price / Book4.554.555.136.57
Net Income$80.64M$80.64M$194.99M$898.68M
7 Day Performance-0.72%-0.72%-1.57%-1.87%
1 Month Performance-10.65%-10.65%-3.63%-1.25%
1 Year Performance45.66%45.66%5.44%8.77%

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIL
Gildan Activewear
3.0149 of 5 stars		$27.90
-0.9%		$36.71
+31.6%		-4.8%$4.87B$3.24B10.2651,000
TAL
TAL Education Group
1.4318 of 5 stars		$7.39
-1.7%		$5.97
-19.3%		+51.3%$4.71B$1.02B-35.1911,700Stock Split
PVH
PVH
2.7746 of 5 stars		$77.89
+0.9%		$93.83
+20.5%		+55.3%$4.71B$9.02B26.4931,000
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
2.3478 of 5 stars		$10.23
-2.9%		$14.00
+36.9%		+84.5%$4.69B$2.24B-7.6916,908Analyst Upgrade
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NXST
Nexstar Media Group
3.1959 of 5 stars		$150.98
+0.6%		$215.83
+43.0%		-20.6%$5.30B$5.21B8.2912,971
HGV
Hilton Grand Vacations
2.7119 of 5 stars		$41.11
-1.9%		$62.67
+52.4%		+17.1%$4.52B$3.84B12.6113,000Positive News
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
2.6608 of 5 stars		$43.29
-1.6%		$51.00
+17.8%		+20.5%$4.52B$1.66B11.647,850
REYN
Reynolds Consumer Products
1.8678 of 5 stars		$25.86
-0.2%		$29.67
+14.7%		-5.4%$5.44B$3.87B22.686,000
BC
Brunswick
2.5074 of 5 stars		$77.29
+1.3%		$98.31
+27.2%		+17.4%$5.47B$6.81B10.1618,400
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
2.5737 of 5 stars		$71.46
+1.3%		$87.44
+22.4%		+3.7%$4.38B$3.46B15.209,450

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